It had been a few months since Eclipse had went shopping with Amy and Rouge. A black flash of light appeared in the middle of the night in the alley that Eclipse had teleported to that day a few months ago to go from Shadow to her true self. Two Mobians appeared from the flash, both female, one was 16 and the other 13.
The 16 year old was a baby blue fox with dark blue eyes, a white muzzle and the part of her tail that should have been white was pale yellow. She also had large baby blue bat ears and red bat wings, not to mention the pale yellow dreadlocks. Her dreadlocks reached her knees and her bangs, which framed her face, covered her left eye and part of her right eye. She was wearing a violet dress that reached her hips and had a white star on the chest, violet shorts that reached her knees with the bottom half of the shorts white, violet fingerless gloves with white trim and violet shoes with white stripes going down the middle. Slung over her left shoulder was a black laptop bag with red trim.
The 13 year old was a pale pink cat with deep blue eyes, a white muzzle and the tip of her tail was light brown. She had short light brown hedgehog quills, three on the top of her head, two framing her face, and six sticking out at the bottom of the back of her head, not to mention the dark blue angel wings sprouting from her back. She was wearing a red dress that went halfway between her knees and hips and had a large white heart on the stomach that reached the sides of the dress, a red jacket with white trim that reached the bottom of her chest and the arms reached her elbows, the red and white version of the other girl's shorts which were red on top and white on the bottom, white gloves with red rings around the wrists and red high heel sandals that went up at the back to tie around the top of her ankle, the string tying it was white and the bow that was tied was also white. She also wore a violet collar around her neck. Slung over her right shoulder was a red purse with white trim.
"W...where are we?" the 13 year old asked, her voice scared.
"I'm not sure Ana, but we'll figure it out, don't worry," the 16 year old said to the younger girl.
"This place looks...sorta familiar...Doesn't it Alexiss?" the younger girl, Ana, asked the elder girl.
"Yeah...I know I've seen it somewhere before..." the older girl, Alexiss, said.
Ana finally looked at Alexiss, having been looking around, and had to stop herself from screaming. "A-A-A-Alexiss!" Ana exclaimed, trying to find the words she wanted to say but not being able to.
"What is it Ana?" Alexiss asked in a bored tone, not even looking at the young cat.
"Y-y-y-you're a fox! Or maybe a bat? Or an echidna perhaps?" Ana said, obviously confusing herself.
"Ok, you've gone insane again An-" Alexiss began, finally looking at the young cat.
"Ana..." Alexiss began.
"Yes?" Ana asked.
"You're a cat with hedgehog quills and angel wings." Alexiss told her bluntly.
"What?" Ana nearly screamed, running to the closest store window, which luckily wasn't that far away. "I...I really am...a cat with hedgehog quills and angel wings." Ana said, looking at the reflection in the window.
"And I'm...a fox with bat ears and wings and echidna dreadlocks." Alexiss stated, now confused.
"But how? One minute we're in your room watching Sonic X on your computer for inspiration, the next we're here. How?" Ana asked.
"Well...I remember the video stopping...and a flash of black light coming from my computer...but beyond that it's all blank," Alexiss said, closing her eyes and crossing her arms.
"It must have been that flash of light that brought us here. The only question is...why?" Alexiss said, having already figured out most of what was going on, she just couldn't figure out why they were there.
"Wait a sec...I knew I knew this place! Alexiss, it's Ring City! We're in one of your stories!" Ana said, pointing to the sign of the shop.
Alexiss looked up, seeing a sign saying Ring City Cleaning Company. "Ok, so we're in Ring City in one of my stories...that narrows it down a bit, but not much. Ring City is in almost all of my stories Ana." Alexiss pointed out.
"Then we'll just have to wait until morning and look around. See if we see anyone you've made up. Then we'll know which story we're in," Ana said.
"True...and the sun is rising, so we probably won't have to wait long. Still, we should get up on one of the apartment buildings so we can see better," Alexiss pointed out.
"How are we going to do that?" Ana asked.
Alexiss slapped her palm to her forehead. "We fly up you idiot. We both have wings." Alexiss said.
"Oh...right." Ana said, flapping her wings gently while Alexiss did the same. They were in the sky in no time, somehow knowing how to use their wings.
"How did we know how to use our wings already?" Ana asked after both her and Alexiss had landed on top of an apartment building close to where they had first appeared.
"I'm guessing it's just Mobian instincts. We're in these bodies, so that probably means we have the instincts that the characters would have, so we know how to fly and stuff." Alexiss stated. Ana nodded, agreeing with Alexiss.
Eclipse stretched as she left her house. Today she was going to be hanging out at Tails' workshop and helping him with his new invention. She smiled to herself for an unknown reason and activated her hover shoes before shooting off.
Alexiss' eyes scanned the streets, trying to find someone she recognized. When she saw a black and red blur pass by she had immediately assumed it was Shadow, until catching a glimpse of a smile on the hedgehog's face. Without thinking Alexiss took to the skies again, flying after the fast running hedgehog, a confused Ana right behind her.
Eclipse stopped suddenly at hearing her cell phone ring. She looked at the caller ID and was surprised to find that it said Sonic the Hedgehog. "Amy gave Sonic my cell phone number?" Eclipse wondered, not even noticing that she hadn't called him Faker like she usually did.
She quickly flipped open the phone and put it to her ear. "Something wrong Sonic?" she asked, confused as to why Sonic was calling her.
"Yeah, Eggman's attacking the center of Ring City. We'll be there in a while, but the rest of us are too far away to get there right away. Think you can hold Eggman off till we get there?" he asked.
"Of course I can. No one attacks my city and gets away with it," Eclipse stated.
"Good. See you as soon as we can," Sonic said, hanging up the phone.
"Look out Doctor, your robot doesn't have a chance against me," Eclipse said, smirking evilly, before speeding off towards the center of Ring City.
"I knew it! It's Eclipse!" Alexiss stated, smiling her herself. At least now she knew what story she was in.
"Sounds like Eggman is attacking the city. Wanna help Eclipse out?" Alexiss asked Ana.
"You bet!" Ana said, flying after Eclipse.
"I probably should have seen that coming." Alexiss said to herself, flying after Ana.
Eclipse stopped at the center of the city, seeing an army of Egg Pawns terrorizing Mobians. "
Who said you could terrorise the Mobians in my city?" Eclipse yelled when she saw Eggman in his Egg Carrier.
"You're not Sonic!" he yelled.
"Of course I'm not Sonic! Now get out of my city before I make you regret attacking here!" she yelled angrily.
"Egg Pawns, attack the impostor!" Eggman yelled.
Eclipse activated her hover shoes, running towards the enemy. She attacked the Egg Pawns with kicks and punches, but soon realized that even with her strength and speed there were too many for her to handle on her own without using a Chaos attack.
"Need some help Ms. Eclipse?" a female voice asked suddenly.
Eclipse turned, seeing the two females that she had noticed had been following her. "Um...sure, if you want," Eclipse answered, smiling slightly at them.
The fox girl and cat girl looked at each other, snapping their fingers, hoping it would summon some sort of weapon. Twin Tonfas appeared in the fox girl's hands and she immediately looked quiet happy with her weapons. A metal cuff appeared around the cat girl's right wrist, a chain appearing in her other hand which was attached to the cuff and had a smooth metal ball at the end.
"Let's go," the fox girl said happily, jumping toward a group of Egg Pawns, slamming the Tonfas into each robot in the group.
"Right," the cat girl said, spinning the ball above her head before throwing it towards a group of Egg Pawns.
Eclipse simply continued to attack the Egg Pawns with kicks and punches. In a few minutes all the Egg Pawns were destroyed.
"I warned you to leave," Eclipse stated, snarling at Eggman.
The cat girl closed her eyes, spinning the ball and chain above her head. The chain began to lengthen before the girl threw it towards Eggman, who barely managed to dodge it.
"I'll be back! And next time I'll win!" Eggman yelled, laughing manically, before flying off in his Egg Carrier.
"Are you alright Eclipse?" a worried voice came from behind the three girls. They all turned, seeing Sonic standing there looking a little worried.
"I'm fine, thanks to these two." Eclipse said, pointing to the fox girl and cat girl.
"It wasn't a problem Ms. Eclipse," the fox girl stated, both her and the cat girl snapping her fingers, their weapon's disappearing.
"Shadow's a girl!" the cat girl yelled suddenly, squealing, before hugging Eclipse.
Oh crap! The fox girl thought, Eclipse looking slightly horrified.
"Shadow's a...girl?" Sonic asked in confusion.
The fox girl grabbed the back of the cat girl's collar, tugging her roughly, causing the cat to let go of Eclipse and fall to the ground.
"Sorry about that Ms. Eclipse. My friend here has become a fan of yours, as well as a fan of Shadow's. Because you two look alike, she's come up with the warped theory that you two are one in the same," the fox girl lied, kneeling before Eclipse and bowing her head in shame. "Please except my most humble apologies Ms. Eclipse," she said.
"I-it's fine. D-don't worry about it!" Eclipse said, blushing because she was being treated like royalty by the fox girl.
"Don't you think that's going a little overboard?" the cat girl asked suddenly, pushing herself up from the floor.
"No," the fox girl said as she pushed herself back into a standing position.
"The name is Sonic the Hedgehog, and thanks for helping Eclipse here. What are your names?" Sonic asked.
"Ana W-"
"My name is Alexiss Phai and this is my friend Ana Whitch," the fox girl said, cutting off the cat girl, earning her a glare from the cat girl.
"Ana Witch?" Sonic asked.
"No, Whitch. With an H after the W," Ana said immediately.
"Oh, Whitch." Sonic said. "
Well, we should probably be going. We don't want to be a bother to Ms. Eclipse," Alexiss said, grabbing Ana's collar again.
"Wait!" Eclipse said before Alexiss and Ana could leave.
"Yes?" Ana asked, her voice strained since Alexiss was choking her by pulling the collar around her neck.
"Well um...my friends just recently moved and I was wondering...since you helped me if...um..." Eclipse said, trying to find the right words. I'm really not good at this sort of thing. I'm Shadow the Hedgehog for god sake! she thought. "If you would...um...like to be my...um...new fr...friends?" Eclipse asked.
Alexiss and Ana both looked at each other, blinking, before they both nodded their heads to each other.
"Sure. We'd love to be you're new friends Ms. Eclipse. We just moved here, so we have no friends of our own yet other then each other," Alexiss said.
"Great! Two more members of the gang!" Sonic said happily, smiling his signature smile.
"Oh, and you don't have to call me Ms. Eclipse, since we're friends now," Eclipse said to Alexiss, who simply nodded.
"Well, we might as well get going to Tail's house," Sonic said, taking off.
Eclipse sighed. "Impatient as always," she said, turning on her hover shoes and racing after Sonic.
Ana and Alexiss both looked at each other again, not saying a word, before taking off into the sky and flying after Sonic and Eclipse with ease.
"So, what are we going to do until we can go home?" Ana asked Alexiss suddenly.
"We'll help Eclipse. I have a feeling that's what we were sent here to do," Alexiss said, flicking her bangs from her eyes, only to have them fall back into place.
"Right," Ana said simply, noticing Alexiss' visible eye twitch, meaning she was peeved off at her bangs. "You always did hate hair in your face," Ana said to her, smiling, flying a little faster with Alexiss right behind her.